Centro de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa

Explores cinematic and literary representations of futures as foresight method and source of alternative frames that enrich out understandings of grand challenges informing EU science policy.
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We show how futures fiction illustrates what loss of nature and of ‘genuine human life’ looks like, and what might trigger it.
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Content analysis of 64 texts (both films and novels) identifies warning signals and areas poorly defined or absent from Europe’s science agenda (H2020).
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Interpretation of futures fiction reveals the need for an increase research into human, social, political and cultural processes involved in techno-science endeavors.